There’s this tiny voice in my head that wonders: If the future is so great, why do I feel so wigged out and soulless whenever I spend time in its various digital manifestations? Big Mac is a junk version of food, porno a junk version of sex and virtual reality a junk version of life – they all entertain but leave one with a sort of hollow, empty feeling afterward.
Predictor: Scheer, Christopher
Prediction, in context:Christopher Scheer wrote the following in a 1995 essay for The Nation magazine:”There’s this tiny voice in my head that wonders: If the future is so great, why do I feel so wigged out and soulless whenever I spend time in its various digital manifestations? Big Mac is a junk version of food, porno a junk version of sex and virtual reality a junk version of life – they all entertain but leave one with a sort of hollow, empty feeling afterward.”
Date of prediction: May 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: Social Withdrawal/Relationships
Name of publication: The Nation
Title, headline, chapter name: The Pursuit of Techno-Happiness
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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